The Japanese bento box, more formally known as obento ... and wrapping gifts into exquisite art forms. While the history of the bento box predates the Edo Period (from 1603 to 1868) it became ...

Matsuura, 60, had one of her works, which are a cross between bento box lunches and art, featured in an ad for ... to have brought Christianity to Japan; Napoleon Bonaparte; President Vladimir ...